Chapter 6 Part 1

Question 1

What is the central feature of community policing for many departments?

Answer 1

Problem-oriented policing

Question 2

The nature of police work can make officers very suspicious of citizens whom they may encounter

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Do police departments adequately address the issues of stress?

Answer 3

No, though many have stress-prevention programs, group counseling, liability insurance, and family-involvement programs.

Question 4

What is problem-oriented policing?

Answer 4

An approach to policing in which officers routinely seek to identify, analyze, and respond to the circumstances underlying the incidents that prompt citizens to call the police.

Question 5

New communications technology within police departments has tended to fragment decision-making

Answer 5

False, it centralizes decision-making

Question 6

Can the presence of a patrol officer in the community be a major factor in reducing crime?

Answer 6

No, Kansas City

Question 7

Police rarely perceive the public as hostile. ToF

Answer 7

False

Question 8

Police officers rarely feel isolated from the public

Answer 8

False

Question 9

Do all police departments have the equipment to perform DNA analysis?

Answer 9

No

Question 10

Modern-day police practices use patrol units with two officers. ToF

Answer 10

False

Question 11

Quantifying police work is relatively easy. ToF

Answer 11

False

Question 12

Research indicated that women may be subject to more sexual harassment as police officers than their male counterparts. ToF

Answer 12

True

Question 13

The second aspect of the working personality is?

Answer 13

The need to establish and maintain one’s authority, the first part is the threat of danger

Question 14

Police officers require only formal training to understand all aspects of the job. ToF

Answer 14

False

Question 15

ToF To have a good rapport with the community police officers must depend on the confidence they have in their patrol partners.

Answer 15

False

Question 16

Is the level of education a factor for new police recruits applying to be officers?

Answer 16

Yes

Question 17

Are half of all police officers minorities?

Answer 17

No

Question 18

What is preventative patrol?

Answer 18

Making the police presence known, in order to deter crime and to make officers available to respond quickly to calls

Question 19

Know the components of community policing

Answer 19

The components of community policing are community-based crime prevention, changing the focus of patrol activities to non-emergency services, making the police more accountable to the public, and including residents in decision-making.

Question 20

What are the important parts of community policing

Answer 20

Community partnerships and problem-solving typically using the SARA model

Question 21

Know what differential responses are

Answer 21

A policy that prioritizes calls according to whether an immediate or delayed response is warranted. A patrol strategy that assigns priorities to calls for service and then determines the appropriate response depending on the importance or urgency of the call.

Question 22

The changing profile of police officers; female officers have grown since 1970s

Answer 22

True

Question 23

Know the term incident-driven policing

Answer 23

A reactive approach to policing emphasizing quick response to calls for service

Question 24

How much money can you make as a US Border Patrol Agent without experience?

Answer 24

$36300 per year

Question 25

Research was conducted on large police departments and what they found as a key factor in solving crimes.

Answer 25

Identification of suspect/offender

Question 26

Most police officers are part of what unit within the department

Answer 26

Patrol

Question 27

What is the process by which members learn from the symbols, beliefs, and values of a group?

Answer 27

Socialization

Question 28

Steve Herbert found a high sense of morality in the law enforcement subculture. What is not a dilemma that officers must overcome?

Answer 28

The fact that what is right is not always legal

Question 29

Know the different functions within a police department

Answer 29

Police departments have line functions, those that directly involve the field operations, such as patrol, investigation, traffic control, vice, juvenile crimes, etc. They also have staff functions that supplement the line functions.

Question 30

Know what each function is

Answer 30

Patrol has three parts: answering calls for help, maintaining a police presence, and probing suspicious circumstances including responding first to a scene and having to interview witnesses. Investigation involves detectives who prepare a case when a suspect is identified and caught right away, tries to locate the suspect, identifies the offender when there is more than one suspect, or starts from scratch analyzing crime scenes and collecting information to find the suspect. Traffic regulates the flow of vehicles, investigates accidents, and enforces traffic laws. Vice is a proactive approach to police work, uses undercover agents and informers and typically targets prostitutes, drug dealers, and gambling. Drug enforcement targets drugs and enforces drug laws. SROs are police assigned for duty in schools to assist in order maintenance while developing good relationships between students and police.

Question 31

Which department of the police department identifies/collects evidence

Answer 31

investigators

Question 32

Know what proactive policing is

Answer 32

Acting in anticipation, such as an active search for potential offenders that is initiated by the police without waiting for a crime to be reported. Arrests for victimless crimes are usually proactive.

Question 33

Know which specialized operational unit enforces laws of prostitution

Answer 33

Vice officers

Question 34

Know what a background check is

Answer 34

Is a check into a person to determine if they are who they say they are, see if they have a criminal record, their education level, former employment, and other activities they may have engaged in

Question 35

Know the testing to become a police officer

Answer 35

All officers have to pass a physical fitness test, and a background check that sees if they have a criminal record, depending on the agency they need a high school diploma or some type of college degree, and many agencies are now issuing a mental health evaluation.

Question 36

Socialization-

Answer 36

The process by which the rules, symbols, and values of a group or subculture are learned by its members

Question 37

Subculture-

Answer 37

The symbols, beliefs, and values shared by members of a subgroup of the larger society

Question 38

Working Personality-

Answer 38

A set of emotional and behavioral characteristics developed by a member of an occupational group in response to the work situation and environmental influences

Question 39

Reactive-

Answer 39

Acting in response, such as police activity in response to notification that a crime has been committed

Question 40

Proactive-

Answer 40

Acting in anticipation, such as an active search for potential offenders that is initiated by the police without waiting for a crime to be reported. Arrests for victimless crimes are usually proactive.

Question 41

Incident-driven policing-

Answer 41

A reactive approach to policing emphasizing a quick response to calls for service

Question 42

Differential response-

Answer 42

A patrol strategy that assigns priorities to calls for service and then determines the appropriate response depending on the importance or urgency of the call

Question 43

Clearance rate-

Answer 43

The percentage rate of crimes known to the police that they believe they have solved through an arrests; a statistic used to measure a police department’s productivity

Question 44

Line function-

Answer 44

Police components that directly perform field operations and carry out the basic functions of patrol, investigation, traffic, vice, juvenile, and so on

Question 45

Sworn officers-

Answer 45

Police employees who have taken an oath and been given powers by the state to make arrests and use necessary force, in accordance with their duties

Question 46

Preventative patrol-

Answer 46

making the police presence known, in order to deter crime and to make officers available to respond quickly to calls

Question 47

School Resource officers (SROs)-

Answer 47

Police officers assigned for duty in schools to assist in order maintenance while also developing positive relationships with students that may assist in delinquency prevention

Question 48

Directed patrol-

Answer 48

A proactive form of patrolling that directs resources to known high-crime areas

Question 49

Aggressive patrol-

Answer 49

A patrol strategy designed to maximize the number of police interventions and observations in the community

Question 50

“Broken windows” theory-

Answer 50

Influential theory about increases in fear and crime within neighborhoods when there is insufficient police attention to seemingly minor public order offenses such as vandalism, loitering, aggressive panhandling, and prostitution

Question 51

Problem-oriented policing-

Answer 51

An approach to policing in which officers routinely seek to identify, analyze, and respond to the circumstances underlying the incidents that prompt citizens to call the police